RollWithEm

How do you feel about the Wiz retaining Randy Wittman as head coach?

Who would you consider the Wizards core players at this time?

How would you instill a winning culture?

What would you do with the 3rd and 32nd picks?

What trades would you make?

Would you consider using your amnesty on Andray Blatche?

How would you handle Rashard Lewis and his partially guaranteed contract?

How would you approach free agency?

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Bogg

Wall, Nene, and the pick to Orlando for Howard. Buy-out Rashard for the reduced cost and amnesty Blatche to make room for signing Williams. Become the Knicks South. Beltway 'Bockers, if you will.

RollWithEm

That's one of the craziest things I've ever heard... but I think I love it. The numbers actually work out on that idea. The Wizards would have enough money to offer a max deal (with a little under 700K to spare) to DWill after making those other moves you suggested. Also, Orlando simply will not get a better deal than that for Dwight. In fact, they might have to throw in their #19 pick just to make it fair.

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Floods

How do you feel about the Wiz retaining Randy Wittman as head coach?

Whatever.

Who would you consider the Wizards core players at this time?

John Wall, but only by default. His numbers blow. Wizards really can't afford to **** up at #3.

How would you instill a winning culture?

Trade the entire team.

What would you do with the 3rd and 32nd picks?

If MKG is there at 3, waste no time. 32, BPA.

What trades would you make?

It's probably too early to give up on Wall, and 3's untouchable (unless a star is coming back). Other than that, I'm listening.

Would you consider using your amnesty on Andray Blatche?

No doubt.

How would you handle Rashard Lewis and his partially guaranteed contract?

Let it expire.

How would you approach free agency?

Sign low-budget role players to 1 year deals depending on need.

Bogg

.....and in order to make this fair, I have to admit I plagiarized the vast majority of that from Munro. It's just too sensible to not love it.

RollWithEm

DWill, Howard, Vesely, Crawford, Seraphin, is certainly a work in progress. Maybe they could use their MLE on a guy like Grant Hill just to bring another solid veteran presence to that team/locker room.

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Ben

I love that idea. D-Will and Dwight would come to Washington I'd guess, and players would love to play with them. If not for the prospect of championships, playing next to Deron and Dwight is going to get them a big future payday.

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Dre

How do you feel about the Wiz retaining Randy Wittman as head coach?

Them going on that streak at the end of the year proved they started listening to him and he has their ear for now. If not for that I would've suggested he move on, so why not give him another year why they continue to rebuild.

Who would you consider the Wizards core players at this time?

John Wall, Chris Singleton, Jordan Crawford, Vesely, the 3rd pick, Booker or Seraphin (one is fairly expendable).

How would you instill a winning culture?

Get rid of Blatche, and that's the last of the knuckleheads. After that just make sure whoever comes on from now on is a good choice from that perspective.

What would you do with the 3rd and 32nd picks?

I'm preferential to Thomas Robinson but Gilchrist would be a rich man's Gerald Henderson and bring a workman's vibe (especially coming off a college title) that would singlehandedly put everyone's eyes on the ball.


32nd?...Best player available.
What trades would you make?

This is a young team. I like Nene but he's not young. See if you can try to get a vet team (Rockets?) to offload a couple young pieces for him.

Would you consider using your amnesty on Andray Blatche?

Yesterday

How would you handle Rashard Lewis and his partially guaranteed contract?

I'd let it expire next year and go after a big time free agent in 2013, or if you can find an all-star caliber player to switch his salary with trade him.

How would you approach free agency?

Backup point guard, and whatever you don't draft at 3 try to find a short term option that isn't too old and expensive.

Dre

And well yeah Dwight and Deron would be dope but it's just not realistic.

LA68

Bad contracts have to have a place to die and Charlotte can only take so many !

LA68

NBA teams need strong willed coaches. This isn't one of them

John Wall.

Take a slow cruise around the world because its gonna take a few years for those bad contracts to expire.

Beal, someone in the backcourt should be able to shoot the ball. The other pick on the best swing player since they are loaded up front.

To make trades, you have to have players people want.

He can play when healthy, its just the wrong position. He's not made to stand in the paint. He has had good games. I saw a close game with Boston where he really was intense and into it. He's like Rasheed who also was traded away by Wash and won a ring somewhere else. Some other coach will pick him up and get 15/9 out of him.

He can knock down threes and he's still tall. They could have the tallest frontline in the league. Only one year left anyways.

Their biggest problem is front office and coach. Those won't be solved anytime soon so its moot.

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RollWithEm

Coach: I don't think any coach currently in Washington is really the longterm answer. Is Randy Wittman so bad that he will damage the development of his young players? I don't think so. I guess that means he'll do for now.

Current Roster: I really like Kevin Seraphin. He's got a nice pair of moves going over his left shoulder (jump hook and then step through lay-up as a secondary). He has a nice fundamentally sound jumper that's good out to 17 feet. His shot-blocking and paint protection improved dramatically in his second season. I think he's a keeper for them.

On the complete opposite end of the spectrum, you have Jordan Crawford. For a guy with his usage rate, his True Shooting percentage is off-the-charts bad. You can hardly locate a more inefficient scorer in this league. He's an end-of-the-bench player at best.

Somewhere in the middle of those two extremes, you have Jan Vesely, Trevor Booker, and Chris Singleton. Vesely and Booker are both really good per minute rebounders. If Nene was a better rebounder, that could actually be this young team's calling card in the short term. Vesely also has the makings of a good defender if he learns a little more about footwork. Singleton often looked a little in-over-his-head this season. He's got talent, but he desperately needs to be coached up.

John Wall is still an enigma in my mind. This season he stopped shooting threes, raised his FG% and FT% slightly, and increased both his assists and turnovers slightly. This all added up to a 2 point jump in his PER. That's not bad for his second season, but it's also not near great. He needs some veteran leadership in the worst way. More on this later.

Amnesty Clause: There seems to be universal agreement that they need Blatche out of that locker room. I think they will amnesty him if they can't find a trading partner before the draft.

Rashard Lewis' Situation: I believe that he will be waved (in order to save both the owner and their team salary cap over $9 mil this year) if they can't find a trade suitor for him by June 30th.

Possible Trades: With the exception of the Nene/Wall for Howard deal (which I do love for both teams, but which will not happen), the trade chip they have with the highest value is probably their #3 pick. Do they really need another project player when their second best player is 30? I don't think so. I would prefer to see them maximize their return on investment by trading that one to a team looking to move up for Drummond/MKG. Let's look at a few scenarios that might make some sense if they can't trade Lewis or Blatche:

1. Al Horford for the #3 and Jordan Crawford (Wizards will have plenty enough cap space after the Lewis and Blatche moves)
2. Anderson Varejao and the #24 for the #3
3. Andre Iguodala for the #3 and Jordan Crawford
4. DeMar DeRozan and Ed Davis for the #3 and Jordan Crawford
5. Klay Thompson and the #7 for Jordan Crawford and the #3
6. Maybe even Tyreke Evans straight up for the #3

Free Agency: Picking up some veterans who have been in winning atmospheres will be big for this team this offseason. Some of those guys who can probably be had pretty cheaply would be Keyon Dooling (a decent enough mentor for Wall), Mike Bibby (ditto), Ronnie Price (same here), Shannon Brown (would start for this team at SG), Jared Jeffries (plays the game the right way), Grant Hill (ditto), DeShawn Stevenson (could show this young team a little about defensive intensity and grit... could also show them about kitchen ATMs, public intoxication, and neck tats), Ben Wallace (good influence on the young bigs when it comes to work ethic).

In terms of free agents designed to help this team win now... well... those would only come into play if the Dwight/Deron moves outlined earlier in this thread came to fruition.

If They Keep the #3: I really don't think they need another project like Drummond. I think they take whichever of MKG and TRob doesn't go #2.

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The Wizards are difficult. They don't seem to lack the talent ala Bobcats, but they probably have the most detrimental culture in the NBA.

If MKG is available, you take him. Could he play the 2 spot? Wall, MKG, Vesely would be fast, big and full of hustle. If MKG is gone and Thomas Robinson is available, I'd take him.

Drummond is the exact player they need to stay away from.

Blatche should get his ass amnestied. The guy is ruining the career projection of a lot of talented kids.

With Nene, Wall and #3 this team has some very attractive pieces. It's a shame Nene is probably going to be past it by the time this teams talent actually comes to fruition.

Dwayne Casey would be the perfect coach for this team. I'm glad he already has a gig otherwise they would be running hard at him in my opinion.

At #32 they should target Fab Melo or Tony Wroten.

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^ All of that said, it comes back to the culture for me. They could make good moves and still stay terrible unless the philosophy from the office above changes and leaks down into the team ethos.

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Dre

Weren't you saying this team should have hopes for a title in 5 years? None of that remotely even puts them firmly in the playoffs.

That's what I'm talking about with you overrating Nene. He's a nice player, but you don't try to accelerate anything because he's on the roster. He's a placeholder as far as I'm concerned. If he was that great the Nuggets wouldn't have continued onto the playoffs with his replacement coming off the bench.

The move to make is take it slow...continue to get favorable draft picks and save money. Taking on Igoudala or Varejao is the complete opposite.

I do love that Derozan and Davis deal though.